Euryoryzomys macconnelli

Euryoryzomys macconnelli, also known as MacConnell's rice rat^[2] or MacConnell's oryzomys,^[3] is a rodent species from South America. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela, where it lives in lowland tropical rainforest.^[1] It was formerly placed in the genus Oryzomys, as Oryzomys macconnelli,^[3] but in 2006 it was reclassified as the type species of the new genus Euryoryzomys.^[4]

Euryoryzomys macconnelli
Euryoryzomys distribution
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Sigmodontinae
Genus:	Euryoryzomys
Species:	E. macconnelli
Binomial name
Euryoryzomys macconnelli (Thomas, 1910)
Synonyms
Oryzomys macconnelli Thomas, 1910 Euryoryzomys macconelli: Weksler, Percequillo, and Voss, 2006